We saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie that beautiful. I mean aesthetically, of course. But the film itself was really quite good as well. I felt fully immersed in it the whole way through. That is, until Stacy forced me to go get the Coke refilled (she did it at the last movie). I missed what I’m sure was a very crucial 45 seconds. (She contends it wasn’t.)

The movie is split in two, much like Titanic, where the old woman is essentially retelling this story. Well, kind of. Anyway, most of it takes place in New Orleans, and the present-day portion is happening as Hurricane Katrina is about to make landfall. The final scene (if I remember correctly) shows the flood waters entering a building. I just thought about this image… and even though it isn’t necessarily strongly tied to the movie’s theme, I’ve been thinking it would make a nice book cover. I really don’t have a body of work in mind or anything, but I mocked this up anyway:

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